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Although the legislature was largely focused on gun control, the capital budget, and resolving the Hirst decision this week, there were hearings on a bill that would lower graduation requirements (SB 6144), a bill that would define dyslexia as a learning disability (SB 6162), and one that would improve 2nd grade reading level assessments (SB 6132).

Key Numbers

Over the past five years, the number of Kelso Running Start students has more than doubled. (TDN)

A year of full-time tuition at Lower Columbia College while in high school costs $4,273, while a year of undergraduate tuition at the University of Washington costs $10,974. (TDN)

The number of students taking AP classes in the Longview School District has increased 18 percent over the past four years.

Highline School District is attempting an ambitious transformation from a district that embraced strict discipline to one noted for its efforts to reduce suspensions. According to administrators, between 2013 and 2016, the district of about 19,000 students slashed its number of expulsions and out-of-school suspensions from 1,628 to 475.

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